GLOBAL COOPERATION

Strong poverty reduction - strong Switzerland

Through its development cooperation, Switzerland creates prospects and saves lives – thereby also ensuring stability and security in its own country. This is particularly important in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The pandemic alone has pushed another 100 million people into extreme poverty. Therefore, contributions to Switzerland's international cooperation, which also includes development cooperation, must not be cut under any circumstances. Strong, effective poverty reduction means a strong Switzerland.

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Why development cooperation
must stay on course

Stable Switzerland
Poverty can be a breeding ground for global instability, pandemics and migration.

Save lives
Development cooperation creates prospects and saves lives.

Strengthen the economy
The Swiss economy benefits from stable trading partners and participates in poverty reduction projects.

Reliable partner
Switzerland is positioning itself as a leading player in foreign policy, with Geneva as an important international location.

Internationally recognized
OECD and international think tanks give Switzerland a good report on the implementation of its development cooperation.

Broadly supported

Two-thirds of the Swiss population want to strengthen development cooperation (DC): from the left (83%) to the center (72%) to the right (54%) (ETH CSS, 2022). In a recent study, respondents even favor an increase when informed about the actual level of DC spending. This is because they estimate DC spending to be higher than it actually is (ETH NADEL, 2022).

Sources:

OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Switzerland 2019

Center for Global Development, Quality of Official Development Assistance 2021

Follow-up survey of the study “Security 2022” due to the war in Ukraine , MILAK and CSS, ETH Zurich, July 2022, p. 19

Survey results 2022, Swiss Panel Global Cooperation 2022 , NADEL, ETH Zurich, 2022

Therefore: strengthening poverty reduction means strengthening Switzerland.

Supporters

Dr. NOÉMIE ZURLINDEN

Development Economist, HSG

Dr. EUGEN DAVID

Former Council of States CVP, lawyer and notary

ANITA KAPPELI

Director of Policy Outreach, Europe, Center for Global Development

Nicola Forster

Founder of foraus (Foreign Policy Forum), glp

Prof. MARCEL TANNER

President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and Director Emeritus of Swiss TPH

Prof. Dr.
THOMAS BERNAUER

Professor of International Politics, ETH Zurich

NIKKI BÖHLER

Social Entrepreneur,

Co-Founder Intersections

Dr. Stefan Riedener

Professorship for Applied Ethics, UZH

Prof. em.
THOMAS WEIBEL

former National Council member glp

NILS ALTHAUS

Cabaret artist & biochemist

Dr. DOMINIC ROSER

Philosopher and economist, University of Freiburg

FLURINA SCHNEIDER

Economist

MARCEL ANDEREGG

Managing Director, svial – My Agro Food Network

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What is Global Cooperation ?

Coopération Globale is a non-profit alliance and think tank dedicated to promoting strong development cooperation for the world's poorest, with positive global impacts, including in Switzerland. The non-profit alliance opposes budget cuts and advocates for evidence-based recommendations for effective Swiss development cooperation. Coopération Globale also manages its sister alliance, Santé Globale , which is specifically dedicated to strengthening global health in development cooperation.

Who is behind the Coopération Globale alliance?

Individuals from the private sector, academia, and civil society (see Supporters ). Coopération Globale relies on volunteer work and non-profit support, including through the coordination of Basil Müller and Pascal Roelcke of the Pour Demain think tank. Pour Demain is funded by foundations such as Mercator and Hasler and is free of any industrial interests.

Pascal Roelcke

MA and BA in International Relations and Postcolonial Studies, formerly Research and Evaluation of Public Policy at Ipsos UK, Co-founder and former Director of the Agora Think Tank, Board Member

Dr. Basil Müller

PhD at the interface of philosophy, political science, and cognitive science in Bern and Oxford. MA and BA in philosophy and history. Previously, co-director of a political initiative on development aid in Switzerland.